Board of Directors

Foundation Board Executive Committee

Karen Petrou
Board Chair 
Co-Founder
Federal Financial Analytics
Washington, DC

Jason Morris
Executive Vice Chair
Chief Operating Officer
Courtesy Products
St. Louis, Missouri

Jeffrey Freed
Chair, Audit & Risk
Co-Founder, Former Managing Partner
Arlington Capital Partners
Hollywood, Florida

Steve Alper
Chair, Development
Managing Director
Stifel Financial
New York, New York

David Nixon
Chair, Finance & Investment, and Treasurer
Executive Chairman
InformedDNA
Pasadena, California

Warren Thaler
Chair, Nominating & Governance, and secretary
Former President
Gund Investment Corporation
Boston, Massachusetts

Jonathan Steinberg, MD
Chair, Science
Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester 
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Maryrose Sylvester
Chair, At Large
Former Executive
ABB Group/General Electric Intelligent Platforms/General Electric Lighting
Raleigh, North Carolina

Foundation Board Directors

David Brint
Director
Co-Founder and Principal
Brinshore Development
Northbrook, Illinois

Scott Burt
Director
Investor/Advisor
Stone Creek Advisors
Castle Rock, CO

Laura Fietta
Director
Co-Founder & Owner
Fietta Law
London, United Kingdom

Adrienne Graves, PhD
Director
Former President & CEO
Santen Inc.
San Francisco, California

Gordon Gund
Co-Founder, Director, Chairman Emeritus
Chairman and CEO
Gund Investment Corporation
Princeton, New Jersey

Robert Heidenberg
Director
President and CEO
Heidenberg Properties Group
Closter, New Jersey

Suber Huang, MD
Director
CEO
Future Vision Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Haynes Lea
Director
Partner
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, PA
Charlotte, North Carolina

Marsha D. Link, PhD
Director
Principal
Link Consulting
Newport Beach, California

Laura Manfre
Director
Chair, Co-Founder, HOPE in FOCUS
Learning Programs Team Lead, Strategy and Business Operations for HPE Services - Advisory & Professional Services 
Ledyard, Connecticut

Bradford Manning
Director
Co-Founder, Two Blind Brothers
New York, New York

Janine Marks Nixon
Director
Co-Founder, Chief Giving Officer
Nixon Visions Foundation
San Diego, California

Evan Mittman
Director
Former Chief Executive
Cipriani Accessories
Needham, Massachusetts
Armonk, New York

Drew O'Brien
Director
Director of Development
Harvard School of Public Health
Needham, Massachusetts

George Peinado
Director
President
GAP Investments
Dallas, Texas

Steven Ringel
Director
Founder & CEO
Nome Therapeutics
La Jolla, California

Martha Steele
Director
Former Deputy Director
Bureau of Environmental Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Arlington, Massachusetts

Joshua Steinberg
Director
Special Counsel
Duane Morris LLP
South Orange, New Jersey